Swimming in Denial
You’ve looked at yourself in the mirror. You’ve twisted and turned. You’ve thought about what you’re eating and how you can change it. You’ve even thought about joining the local gym.
You are one of the millions of people changing their lives to get healthier.
Having decided to do this, you would think it would be easy to get your friends and family to support your decision. You would think they would be more than happy to help you on your way to becoming a healthier person.
Not always.
Believe it or not, once you have decided to start on your weight loss journey, you might find your spouse complaining about how you won’t be cuddly anymore or your friends saying that, “You don’t need to do that. You look fine.”
When it comes to getting fit, you can’t be in denial about your weight. You shouldn’t let anyone else be in denial about it either.
What can you do when the people whose support you need the most aren’t exactly supportive of your journey to become healthy?
You might need to sit some down and let them know what their lack of support is doing to you. Tell them why you want to lose weight, what prompted you to start, and what your goals are.
You can also find support elsewhere. Start talking to other people about your weight loss plans and maybe those people will start talking to the people who aren’t supporting you.
If all else fails, just don’t talk to them about it. Don’t share meal times with them if you can avoid it and don’t talk about getting healthier. Some people just don’t like people they know losing weight because it’s a threat to them on some level.
That’s their problem to deal with. You have to focus on you and your health.
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